Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20
THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
THE CROPS OF THE STATE.

The State Department of Agriculture
has received from two hundred and forty
two township correspondents special re-
ports on the condition of the crops, of an
average date of July l, and furnishes the
following summary of these returns Tor
publication:
The first part of the month Of June was
dry and very hot, followed by cool nights,
which retarded the growth OF cotton, put
did not iniure it in fruitage. During the
latter part of the month copious rains have
fallen in nearly every section of The State,
and the reports show that the percentage
of condition for May has been maintained
for June-101 per cent. for the State.
1t was thought that the hot, dry winds
had somewhat injured early corn, but the
rains in the latter part of the month pre-
vented any material injury to the early
cron and greatly improved the late corn.
The condition is reported at 81 per cent,
an increase OF 8 per cent. over that of the
May report. H.
Two hundred correspondents report the
wheat crop as harvested in perfect condl-
ton and one in poor condition. Fourteen
report some rust, but not enough to AFFECT
the Weld or the quality of the grain. One
hundred and nineteen correspondents re-
port the quality of the grain better than,
forty.eight the same as, and eight inferior
to last year, and that 30 per cent. OF the
entire crop is consumed in the State. The
usual average Weld for the State is report
ed at nine bushels per acre. The yield for
the year 1886 was seven bushels, and TOR
the present crop eight bushels. The IN.
crease in total production over crop OF
1886 for the State is reported at "a per cent.
Two hundred and eleven correspondents
report the oat crop harvested in the best
condition, and two in poor condition.
ore hundred and three report the quallty
of the grain better than, ninety-tWo the
same as, and twenty-five inferior to last
year, and that sc per cent. OF the crop IS
COZ. sumed in the State.
Reports also represent the rice, sorghum
and potato crops in; good condltlon: Inc
usual average yield of oats for the State IS
reported at sixteen bushels to the acre.
The Weld for the year 1886 was twelve
bushels, and for the present crop fourteen
bushels.
The increase in total production for the
State is reported at 10 per cent.
THE AUGUSTA COTTON DISTRICT.
Six counties in South Carolina and twen-
ty in Georgia, report the condition OF the
plant to the Augusta Cotton Exchange as
much more favorable than last year. the
plant is clean, free of grass, IN excellent
condition and ten or fifteen days carrier
than last year. Only five out of the ~
replies complain of drought or too much
rain.
STATE WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
A. p. Butler, Director of the South Car
olina Weather Service, furnishes the fol-
lowing data concerning the effect of the
weather on the various crops during the
week ending July l6:
The rainfall has been, with few excep-
tions, below the average and unevenly
distributed. In consequence corn is now
beginning to need more rain, especially
in the upper and in some of the middle
counties of the State. Its effect on cotton
is favorable. In the immediate coast
counties, where the fall was lightest, the
effect was beneficial, since, afterthe heavy
rains of last week in that section, the crop
needed dry weather, under which it has
improved very much.
The temperature has been about the
average, and its effect on corn has not been
generally favorable. Cotton has been ben
Gifted. During the last three days of the
week the heat has been excessive, and
corn has suffered in consequence.
There has been aboutan average amount
of sunshine. In one or two of the upper
counties and in Hampton and Charleston,
it was reported as excessive. Its general
effect has been favorable for cotton.
The absence of rain, together with the
excessive heat of the last half of the week,
has been rather ~unfavorable for late corn,
although at the close of the week no seri-
Gus damage is reported. Early corn may
be regarded as assured, with good pros
poets for a large yield. The prospect for
cotton continues fine.
%Caterpillars are reported in sections of
Orangeburg county.
WAR DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
The following is the weather crop bulle-
tin of the signal office of the wal depart
ment for the week ending July Is:
During the week ending July 16 the
weather has been warmer than usual, ex-
cept in the Gulf States, northern New Eng
land and on the Pacific Coast, the average
daily excess ranging from 80 to So from
the Middle Atlantic States westward to the
Rocky Mountains.
During the week there has been a def
cheney in the rainfall generally through
out all the agricultural districts east of the
Rocky Mountains, except in Minnesota,
northern Wisconsin, Colorado and eastern
Dakota, where slight excess is reported.
The rainfall has also been slightly in eX-
cess at stations on the New England coast.
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